Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the commemorative book has yet to be chosen, Szaras said it will be "a book that he [Saheb-Kashaf] would have liked to see placed in the library...
Conservatives were further alarmed last week by a report in the Washington Times that Reagan had chosen Paul Nitze to head the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Actually, White House sources say no appointment is imminent; they speculate that the story was leaked in order to mobilize opposition to Nitze, who was once viewed as a hawk but is now thought by - conservatives to be too eager for a grand compromise with Moscow on strategic weapons. The right would prefer Edward Rowny, who, like Nitze, is a special adviser to the President on arms-control matters. Ronald Lehman, a member...
...rebels' charge of ineptitude also cuts deeply. In the past few months, Aquino's supporters have tried to rouse the President into taking firm action on a wide range of issues, including land reform, the Communist insurgency and the regulation of foreign investment. In almost all cases, Aquino has chosen to delay decisions, pass on responsibility to Congress or simply ignore the problems. The President has been faulted even by friends for reacting to crises by "praying and delaying." Of her survival, she said last week rather fatalistically, "If the country needs me, God will spare...
...these criticisms are valid. Unfortunately some have chosen to view our difficulties in that region as evidence to bolster predictions of the decline of American power in the world. If we cannot even prevent Iranians armed with World War I vintage weapons from sinking ships, then what makes us think we can protect the entire free world virtually alone...
...between Iraq and Iran, however, Iraqi Shi'ites, who make up almost 60% of their country's population, have chosen to be Iraqis first and Shi'ites second. The ancient animosity between Arabs and Persians apparently transcends religious sympathies. Nonetheless, the Iraqis receive constant reminders of Iranian Shi'ite fervor. Tehran's major offensives are named Karbala, after the place where Hussein died, and captured Iranian soldiers proudly show off the "keys to Heaven" issued to them when they enlisted. The celestial keys: dog tags. Observes an Iraqi official: "The Iranians are still fighting the Battle of Hussein...